I have been watching a lot of these dowel making jigs lately, and really like the way Izzy goes the extra steps with the cutting off of the extra corners on the original wood stick, then fitting a socket knuckle on the end of it etc, - Good work Iz
Rarely do I ever comment but this video warrants a big shout out to you, Izzy. Thanks to your simple, yet ingenious little jig and demonstration, I made beautiful and accurate 3/8" cedar dowels. Thank you, sir, for sharing your engineering mind and expertise with the rest of us.
Thank you, Mr. Swan for another GREAT video! BTW, I shared this one w/ James Wright at "Wood by Wright". He did a video where he tried to make a dowel jig but it didn't work really good like yours. Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Nicely done, great video. Mount an additional block of wood with the 3/4" hole about 12" away from the "chisel" to function as a stabilizer sleeve to reduce that dowel machine wobbling.
Izzy, guys that ask why not buy some just don't understand. It's the idea that you can make it. Anyone can buy one but not everyone can make one. It's same with everything we do in woodworking and Woodturning. Just do it and you will never want to buy it again. It's the love of woodworking and Woodturning.
Dear Sir! Yes I am a wise man or a dowel so far bought them after I finished item based on the video, thank you to put it up. I'm from Hungary Mustache
Thanks, Izzy, that's so fast and straightforward. The socket drive is killer. I'm already thinking in terms of legs for simple stools, tables etc. It would make a great jumping -off point. A variant having an adjustable depth stop with a skateboard bearing in line with the axis and perpendicular sliding block on a horizontal cam clamp to hold a gouge or skew chisel could be added for some further shaping. Behold, (almost) instant basic lathe! Sure, it would chatter a bit, but so what?
Thanks Izzy. I need some cedar plugs to cover screws and bolts in outdoor furniture and cedar dowel is not easy to find if it's available at all. This should work for my needs.
The traditional tool for making dowels is a dowel plate, an iron (or better, hardened tool steel) plate with a hole having the size of the desired dowel. To make a dowel, a piece of wood is split or whittled to a size slightly bigger than desired and then driven through the hole in the dowel plate. The sharp edges of the hole shear off the excess wood.[1][2][3] (cut and pasted from wikipedia) a dowel made from split wood is stronger than cut wood..this is a much slower method and will not produce dowels as uniform as the dowels in the vid..i like your vids izzy, well worth watching
Thanks for the tip Izzy. This is a much cheaper method for me because dowels seem to be rather expensive here in Japan. Keep up the good work, and I appreciate the videos you make.
HA! great minds think alike... well I give my self too much credit... but after fussing about trying to widdle down the end of stock to fit in my drill and getting frustrated with how much it weeble wobbles (AvE) I gots to thunkin' and hammered on a socket on the end. Work like a charm. Haven't seen anyone on YT do that yet... till now! :)
wow i tried this and it worked perfectly first shot! 1/4 inch dowel out of purple heart, and paduak within 1/100th of an inch! The only problem I had was trying to use very long blanks I think because of small size of the dowel.
never thought of doing it like that. I've always just drilled the size hole I needed in a piece of angle iron just cut my stock square tapered the end to fit in hole just drilled it through but you have to go back and forth a lot to get it smooth. I'm going to try yours.
you could also use some boards with 3/4 or whatever dowel size you're making and put it on the side where the dowel comes out so it's like a guide and maybe it wouldn't jump when you get to the end of the dowel
Izzy is the best. I've had some dealings with Matthias Wandel. He is so smart. Problem with geniuses ... they don't always have the best people skills. He's rude, but I'm not sure he knows it. I don't watch his videos anymore. His comments to his fans are really cold and robot like. I'm thinking what makes him so smart also made him not so nice. Just sayin' Nothing like Izzy. Like I said, Izzy's the best.
Thanks for the jig. And another thing i have to find time to make. Damn.... you do have quite a selection of jigs. I'm still hooked on making your Drill powered lathe.
For superior strength always split your wood down to size, never cut it. Splitting means your dowels will maximise the shared grain down the shaft. Your finished product will be able to endure stress forces that regular dowel or store bought dowel would turn into confetti at.
Wow, I can see lots of applications for various sizes of tool handles. Thanks for this. I also thinking that a thicker out feed would do more for stabilizing the future dowel.
would adding a second piece of pine with the 3/4" hole drilled in it directly behind the one you used to cut the dowel make operation even more stable?
Thank you, Izzy, I am going to do this because I am fed up with spending my hard earned cash for bits of wood. Nice trick with the chisel. Thanks big Guy :)
If you have a chisel to dedicate to this you can eliminate the spiral scoring by grinding/honing a radius on the trailing corner. still a great piece of kit though.
Dude...u r the professor in college that is smart as hell but shows up in class with the rebel look and don’t give a damn about the dean...I look at ur design and I’m like wtf...brain twist, then start digging into it and nothing but aha moments...thank u for sharing ur ingenious mind and processes... 🙏🏻
I'm just thinking out loud here, but if you had a second piece of wood behind the jig a ways, with the same diameter hole you are dowelling to (0.75" here) and lined up with the first dowel hole...the dowel should slide into the second hole as you are pushing it through the jig and prevent the piece from vibrating and jumping at the end of the cut because it would be supported out at the end. Just a thought.
Nice! If you drill your hole through a second board and join them with plywood, maybe 6" apart, your dowel end can be stabilized to avoid the wobble at the end.
One of the best ways to get the job done pronto.Thanks again Izzy.
Watched a bunch of dowel making videos. Love yours. Made it, works great. Thank you boss.
I have been watching a lot of these dowel making jigs lately, and really like the way Izzy goes the extra steps with the cutting off of the extra corners on the original wood stick, then fitting a socket knuckle on the end of it etc, - Good work Iz
Rarely do I ever comment but this video warrants a big shout out to you, Izzy. Thanks to your simple, yet ingenious little jig and demonstration, I made beautiful and accurate 3/8" cedar dowels. Thank you, sir, for sharing your engineering mind and expertise with the rest of us.
Cannot wait to make white oak pegs for my timber frame project! Thanks for the idea!!!
Now here's a man who think truly out of the box, thanks for sharing Izzy.
I like the fact that you make it simple for novices like me. I really appreciate that. You explain it very well
Thank you, Mr. Swan for another GREAT video!
BTW, I shared this one w/ James Wright at "Wood by Wright".
He did a video where he tried to make a dowel jig but it didn't work really good like yours.
Have a GREAT day, Neighbor!
Nicely done, great video. Mount an additional block of wood with the 3/4" hole about 12" away from the "chisel" to function as a stabilizer sleeve to reduce that dowel machine wobbling.
Izzy, guys that ask why not buy some just don't understand. It's the idea that you can make it. Anyone can buy one but not everyone can make one. It's same with everything we do in woodworking and Woodturning. Just do it and you will never want to buy it again. It's the love of woodworking and Woodturning.
right on Richard, once you make your own its hard to go pay for them. lol
Watching and learning. Don't know if I will ever work much with wood but if I do ever decide to thanks for teaching me all these tricks.
Izzy to the rescue again!
Dear Sir!
Yes I am a wise man or a dowel so far bought them after I finished item based on the video, thank you to put it up. I'm from Hungary Mustache
Genius using a socket to hold your stock. Absolutely Genius.
Thanks, Izzy, that's so fast and straightforward. The socket drive is killer. I'm already thinking in terms of legs for simple stools, tables etc. It would make a great jumping -off point. A variant having an adjustable depth stop with a skateboard bearing in line with the axis and perpendicular sliding block on a horizontal cam clamp to hold a gouge or skew chisel could be added for some further shaping. Behold, (almost) instant basic lathe! Sure, it would chatter a bit, but so what?
Thanks Izzy. I need some cedar plugs to cover screws and bolts in outdoor furniture and cedar dowel is not easy to find if it's available at all. This should work for my needs.
The traditional tool for making dowels is a dowel plate, an iron (or better, hardened tool steel)
plate with a hole having the size of the desired dowel. To make a
dowel, a piece of wood is split or whittled to a size slightly bigger
than desired and then driven through the hole in the dowel plate. The
sharp edges of the hole shear off the excess wood.[1][2][3] (cut and pasted from wikipedia) a dowel made from split wood is stronger than cut wood..this is a much slower method and will not produce dowels as uniform as the dowels in the vid..i like your vids izzy, well worth watching
Thanks for the simplicity
that is sweet how it leaves a boned shine. Nice job
Wow, what a nice finish straight from the tool! That came out great! Nice video Izzy.
You made it look easier than we thought .
Thank you
Nice idea...really good for making dowels and arrow shaft also. Wonderful.
Thanks for the tip Izzy. This is a much cheaper method for me because dowels seem to be rather expensive here in Japan. Keep up the good work, and I appreciate the videos you make.
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Thank you for sharing your dowel making jig.
HA! great minds think alike... well I give my self too much credit... but after fussing about trying to widdle down the end of stock to fit in my drill and getting frustrated with how much it weeble wobbles (AvE) I gots to thunkin' and hammered on a socket on the end. Work like a charm. Haven't seen anyone on YT do that yet... till now! :)
Finally got around to trying this. Works great. I'm going to make a few more. Thanks!
Just made this and it works great
Good job Bro 👍
wow i tried this and it worked perfectly first shot! 1/4 inch dowel out of purple heart, and paduak within 1/100th of an inch!
The only problem I had was trying to use very long blanks I think because of small size of the dowel.
You're a clever guy and you're smart.
Thanks Izzy. Using a socket to drive the dowel.....why didn't I think of that?!
so very simple, thanks teacher, I can not wait to made it, thanks
Very nice, perfect. Many thanks for the idea.
never thought of doing it like that. I've always just drilled the size hole I needed in a piece of angle iron just cut my stock square tapered the end to fit in hole just drilled it through but you have to go back and forth a lot to get it smooth. I'm going to try yours.
Very well done sir. quick and easy.
Man, i love your ideas and vids, but not as much as i love your shirts. they are amazing. regards from brazil.
Dude this is amazing, thank you!!
Excellent video.
Similar to the other vid but this is much better to me, Thanks Izzy
Really great, that can be used to do crossbow bolts, awesome
you could also use some boards with 3/4 or whatever dowel size you're making and put it on the side where the dowel comes out so it's like a guide and maybe it wouldn't jump when you get to the end of the dowel
Really really great loved it
MY GOD IT'S GENIOUS!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!
Izzy puts up links for countersinks.
Countersinks get sold out. Sheesh.
Nice vid Izzy!
Bradley Patrick Cool! Thanks!
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nice job Izzy
didn't know about this method - thanks for the video
Wow old school!! Nice
Great. I'll make one tomorrow
Cool and easy technique. Like sharpening a pencil.
yep exactly like a pencil sharpener
wow that's a sick idea! Def gotta try this out, Thanks Izzy!!
Man, I really gotta check the dates on these things. The last video of yours that I watched was, 'I'm gettin' out of town, the hurricane's a comin'!"
Nice & Easy...no fancy B.S. Thank you again.
Excellent, simple and efficient, ahhh and clean results.... thanks man, love your videos!!
Izzy is the best. I've had some dealings with Matthias Wandel. He is so smart. Problem with geniuses ... they don't always have the best people skills. He's rude, but I'm not sure he knows it. I don't watch his videos anymore. His comments to his fans are really cold and robot like. I'm thinking what makes him so smart also made him not so nice. Just sayin' Nothing like Izzy. Like I said, Izzy's the best.
Putting links in the description is awesome, keep up the good work
Wow that's ingenious! I'm gonna make one of these for myself!
Rock on
Great stuff. Great way to turn out simple broom handles or canes.
Simply and inexpensively. Good thinking. Like!
Glad you dig it
Thanks for the jig. And another thing i have to find time to make. Damn.... you do have quite a selection of jigs. I'm still hooked on making your Drill powered lathe.
funny thing is i am just getting started ha ha ha
very good sir very nice sir
Nice tool! BTW: I have a cap wih the same wording on it - must be a "Woodworker" trait.🤠
That's pretty nice! And as an added bonus you could also use it to sharpen those giant pencils 😉
Awesome stuff. Great to see you
Awesome good job.
Love my Narex chisels!
right on they are great chisels
Very good! thanks
For superior strength always split your wood down to size, never cut it. Splitting means your dowels will maximise the shared grain down the shaft. Your finished product will be able to endure stress forces that regular dowel or store bought dowel would turn into confetti at.
This is a moot point if your stock has particularly straight grain already
Reminds me of a giant pencil sharpener! lol Nice idea!
Wow, I can see lots of applications for various sizes of tool handles. Thanks for this.
I also thinking that a thicker out feed would do more for stabilizing the future dowel.
A guide on the out feed side (adjustable of course) might help with consistency.
Super idea 👍
Can we make arrow shafts like this?
Thanks for Posting it Izzy
Once again you made an awesome simple project!
Exelente congratulaciones por su sabiduría desde chile
Very nice
muito bom show parabéns acompanho seu videos sou artesao
Thank you for this wonderful video sir.
nice work
Nice, that's way easier to do than I imagined. Thanks Izzy.
what really nice is its easy and fast to do. lol
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Look Ma I made a huge pencil sharpener! lol nice vid
Great ideas ...appreciate
would adding a second piece of pine with the 3/4" hole drilled in it directly behind the one you used to cut the dowel make operation even more stable?
Thank you, Izzy, I am going to do this because I am fed up with spending my hard earned cash for bits of wood. Nice trick with the chisel. Thanks big Guy :)
If you have a chisel to dedicate to this you can eliminate the spiral scoring by grinding/honing a radius on the trailing corner. still a great piece of kit though.
Very cool way to make them.. Thanks izzy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Dude...u r the professor in college that is smart as hell but shows up in class with the rebel look and don’t give a damn about the dean...I look at ur design and I’m like wtf...brain twist, then start digging into it and nothing but aha moments...thank u for sharing ur ingenious mind and processes...
🙏🏻
You just saved me a drive home thanks
very handy! nice!
I'm just thinking out loud here, but if you had a second piece of wood behind the jig a ways, with the same diameter hole you are dowelling to (0.75" here) and lined up with the first dowel hole...the dowel should slide into the second hole as you are pushing it through the jig and prevent the piece from vibrating and jumping at the end of the cut because it would be supported out at the end.
Just a thought.
Great idea! Thanks.
jig legal... parabens!
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Wow. That is neat ... man.
Thanks, so simple, I could do it. Sort of the same trick for tapered pins.
I suggest harder wood, to keep the hole from wearing out to a larger size.
Excelente video Izzy, muy buena idea, gracias.
very nice!!
perfect buddy - I missed it when Matthias did it so now I caught both - thanks!
right on
nice job
if you make the dowel jig thicker (keep the chisel in the same relative position) the thicker wood will keep the dowel straight and cut better :)
Nice! If you drill your hole through a second board and join them with plywood, maybe 6" apart, your dowel end can be stabilized to avoid the wobble at the end.